Microbiology: Principles and Explorations
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Chapter 5, Problem 1SQ
Which of the following is not true about photoautotrophs?
- (a) They require CO2 and light.
- (b) They synthesize organic molecules from inorganic molecules.
- (c) They are a subdivision of heterotrophs.
- (d) They are a subdivision of autotrophs.
- (e) All the above are true.
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) O they must obtain their carbon from organic compounds
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